Bottle-cap.



L. SKALA.

BOTTLE CAP.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 9. 19m.

IINVENTOR Zoaz'a 02am BY fi m ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 7,1919.

.Pnamunm. WASulMcr UNITED STATES LOUIS SKALA, 0F ROSEIBUD, TEXAS.

BOTTLE-CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1919.

Application filed March 9, 1918. Serial No. 221,414.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LoUIs SKALA, a su ject ofthe Emperor of Austria, resident of Rosebud, county of Falls, and Stateof Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Caps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bottle, jar or like caps, andhas as its special objectthe provision of means whereby the cap orstopper may be firmly clamped in position in the neck or mouth of thebottle or raised therefrom.

A further object is to provide a cap which is easy to construct andcomprised of material which is relatively non-fragile and a stillfurther object is to provide means whereby the cap is held to the neckof the bottle so that it may not become lost or displaced therefrom whenin a raised position.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, and shown in theaccompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure and inwhich Figure l is a side elevational view showing a conventional type ofbottle and indicating the application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar side elevational view, but taken in a differentplane.

Fig. 3 is a similar side elevational view to that of Fig. 2 but showingthe cap in a raised or released position, and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken through the cap, bottle neck,and attached parts.

In the drawing, there is shown an ordinary form of bottle having a body10, and neck 11, having thickened upper walls through which passes theopening 12.

A stopper 14 is provided for the bottle, the same here shown to be madeof wood having a conical shaped head and a reduced or neck portion 15,adapted to enter the mouth opening 12 of the bottle, there beinginterposed below the flanged portion 16, and extreme upper edge of thebottle, a ring or washer 17, acting as a gasket the same being made of arelative pliable material.

Passing transversely through the upper coned portion 14 of the stopperhead is a wire 20, having angularly extending arms 21, ending ininturned, parallel extremities 22, which are freely pivoted in eyes 24,extending from a loop element 25, used as a lever handle in raising orlowering the stopper.

Formed with the eyes 24: and angularly disposed to the loop 25 are arms26, having ou-tturned ends 28, engageable with eyes 30,

formed integrally with a wire 31, curved to surround the neck of thebottle, one of the ends of the wire being formed into an eye 32, intowhich the outer end 33 of the wire extends and is locked therein.

Formed in the neck of the bottle are two radial recesses respectively 35and 36, and entered in the upper recess 35, is the bent end 37, of awire having spaced coils 38, tightly engaged with the neck of thebottle, the lower end 39 of the wire being bent and entered in theopening or recess 36, it being understood that the coiled wire 38, isheld in intimate contact with the neck of the bottle and acts as a screwthread with which may be engaged with the wire ring 31, in

such manner that the ring and stopper carried thereby may be removedbodily from the bottle or engaged therewith in an obvious manner.

In operation, the coil 38, having been secured to the neck of thebottle, the ring 31, is entered in the uppermost coil and turned aboutthe neck of the bottle until it has passed the projection 39, at whichtime the stopper may be inserted in the bottle, by properly manipulatingthe same, in combination with operating the loop 25, which obviouslywhen raised, as shown in Fig. 3 raises the stopper, and conversely, whendrawn down to the side of the bottle, forces the stopper firmly intoposition, compressing the pacln'ng ring 17 and maintaining the contentsof the bottle in a tight condition.

When it is desired to remove some of the contents of the bottle, theloop 25 is merely raised, permitting the cap to be removed and suchquantity of the contents poured out as may be desired, while at any timethe cap may be clamped into position or the entire structure removed byrotating the same with reference to the coil 38.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is.

A bottle stopper of the character described, comprising a conical head,a reduced neck adapted to enter the mouth of a bottle, a wire ringsurrounding the neck of the bottle, an eye formed at one end of thewire, the other end of said Wire being locked in said eye, a coiledWire, having one end entered into an upper radial recess in the bottleneck and its other end into a lower radial recess of the bottle neck,spaced Wire coils intermediate both ends, said Wire coils being adaptedto be engaged with said Wire ring, and a means combined With said Wirering for operating said stopper, said ring and stopper being adapted tobe removed 10 bodily from the bottle or engaged there With substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

LOUIS SKALA.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G."

